Sentence examples for despite being willing from inspiring English sources

In 2006 Yahoo was unable to close a transaction with Facebook, despite being willing to pay up to $1.62 billion.

Unmet demand means revenue loss, and can have long-term negative effects as customers who are denied access to a resource despite being willing to pay for it may not return.

However inspectors said 11 detainees had been held at the centre for more than a year, including a man who had been held for more than two years despite being willing to return to his own country.

As for the most popular memes, Romney's confession that he likes "Big Bird" despite being willing to cut funding to Sesame Street's host channel PBS turned the term into the top pre-election day phrase.

She described how she found herself having to "scrabble around" trying to find staff to fill gaps and said despite being willing to pay the most expensive agency prices, she could still not fill rotas.

Despite being willing to give up most of Central Park to make way for the museum, the council is trying to find more spots to establish open space within downtown.

Media coverage wasn't kind at the time to the figure, despite investors being willing to buy the company's shares at the price.

Until the larger medical community is more accepting of the idea that marijuana might sometimes help a pregnant women's health, it seems, doctors are hesitant to admit their involvement, despite some being willing to treat individual cases.

He took a salary of £10,000 a year despite the chairman being willing to pay a lot more; his only stipulations were a gentleman's agreement that he would not be sacked, assurances that he would have no interference from the board in team affairs, and three days off a week for fishing and shooting.

But Madrid have finally made a break-through in the talks with Tottenham that had long since felt entrenched, despite the London club being willing to sell Modric this summer at the right price.

St Johnstone have rejected an enquiry from Rotherham United for Scotland Under-21 striker Stevie May, despite the English League One outfit being willing to pay a club record fee.